When London Met Los Angeles

Alex Kelly walked rapidly through the Airport making her way towards gate 41, she had fallen asleep and once she'd woken up it was almost time to board the plane to Los Angeles. She was exhausted; her 8 hour flight from London had taken away pretty much all of her energy, plus the time difference and working late the day before made everything so much worse.

She strolled down the hall successfully avoiding the wave of people that was coming from the other side, once she'd almost reached the gate she took out her blackberry from her jeans pocket and dialed a number.

"Hayden!" She exclaimed loudly "I fell asleep…No, I didn't lose my flight…I was just calling to let you know that I'll be in Los Angeles in a couple of hours" Alex spoke up, her English accent coming out loud and clear.

"Look Hayden I have to cut you short, I'm on my way to…"

"…the gate, but I'll call you once I arrive, ok mom?" Marissa Cooper turned off her cell phone and ran towards the big blue screen in front of one of the gates, her cup of coffee jumping up and down.

"Come on people, move" she muttered under her breath as she pushed her way forward through the group of people that was gathered around the screen.

"That one's fine Hay" Alex stopped in front of the screen still talking on her cell phone and waited until her flight was showing on the panel "Just make sure every…" Suddenly her phone fell from her hands as she stared at the screen with wide eyes.

"Finally…" Marissa whispered as she stood up next to a blonde who was staring intensely at the screen, she scanned it quickly and then…

"Cancelled!!" The two girls exclaimed at full volume.

Marissa blinked a couple of times and then threw her coffee angrily into a trashcan nearby. "You have to be kidding me…" She took out her cell phone again and was about to call her mother when a voice caught her attention.

"God Hayden!" Alex said feeling extremely frustrated after picking up her fallen cell phone "Looks like I'm stuck in New York for who knows how long…No you idiot, I'm not in Newark…the company only has private jets there, not in JFK" Her English accent ringing inside Marissa's head, the brunette turned her head around and gasped slightly.

Suddenly everything slowed down, the people passing by and the noises all seemed to fade away; it all looked like a blur except for that long shinny blonde hair.

"Wow" she whispered silently her eyes fixed on the blonde.

The brunette was only trying to put a face to that beautiful voice, but her heart immediately began racing when she saw the blonde, she gazed her up and down and was instantly attracted to her style, dark jeans, yellow shirt and a black blazer on top; casual, yet stylish; then she caught a glimpse of the stranger's face and her breath got caught in her throat, the blonde's skin was flawless and her eyes were a gorgeous shade of blue.

Alex sighed loudly and began walking towards one of the flight attendants. "I'll call you later Hayden"

She closed her cell phone and threw it inside her bag; once she was face to face with the young flight attendant she exploded "Cancelled!?" She questioned irritably "Are you kidding? There better be a perfectly good reason for canceling it" she spoke piercingly.

The young woman was caught of guard with the blonde's sudden outburst "I'm sorry ma'am, but the weather…"

"God, the weather…" Alex rolled her eyes and the woman opened her mouth to speak again, Alex took a deep breath and cut her off "Look, just tell me when the next flight is" she said calmly.

The woman smiled kindly and spoke "It'll be tomorrow at 8:00 am" Before the blonde could speak, Marissa, who had been hearing the whole conversation stepped forward.

"Tomorrow?!" She yelled angrily at the woman. "We have to stay here all night, all because of the freaking weather, I don't believe this…" She scoffed and pulled out her cell phone.

"I'm so sorry but there's nothing I can do" The woman said quietly looking between the two girls. "Yeah, I'm sure you don't" Marissa rolled her eyes and dialed her mother's number.

Alex kept her eyes on Marissa the whole time, she found the brunette extremely sexy and the way her green eyes sparkled almost made her forget that her flight had been cancelled. 'At least being stuck with this totally hot girl makes it a little bit more appealing' she thought.

"Miss?" Alex shook her head and turned her gaze back to the flight attendant.

"Wh-what?" she stuttered.

The woman looked at her strangely before saying "I asked you if there's anything I can do for you?" she said politely.

"Oh, no thanks, I'm just going to hmm, make a phone call" Alex answered coming back to reality.

The woman nodded and walked away.

Alex walked to one of the seats and sat down, she pulled her knees up and looked for her cell phone inside her bag; meanwhile a couple of feet in front of her…

"Mom, guess what?" Marissa asked into the phone.

"You met Brad Pitt!" Her mother exclaimed so loudly that Marissa had to take the phone away from her ear and it also made Alex chuckle causing the brunette to break into a huge smile.

"No mother!" Marissa said smiling at the blonde who was looking back at her amused.

"Then what?" her mother spoke from the other side of the line.

Marissa's smile faded "My flight got cancelled" she groaned.

"Oh, well that's no trouble sweetheart, I being Julie Cooper-Nichol can handle everything; I'll phone Gordon and ask him if you can use one of his jets…" Marissa considered this for a moment and then looked back at the blonde who was now playing with her shoes while talking on her cell phone, Marissa smiled and stared at her for a couple of seconds.

"Marissa?"

The brunette shook her head and focused on her call, her eyes still lingering on the blonde "No mom, that's fine, I'll just stay here"

"Are you sure? Because the Bullit could totally send..."

"No mom, I'll be fine here, really, no need to call the Bullit" She walked towards the

blonde and sat down on the seat behind her. "I'll call you tomorrow ok mom? I love you"

She closed her phone and threw it inside her bag; she sighed tiredly and pulled her knees up to her chest burrowing her face between them.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll call you later ok? Alright Hay, love you too" Alex turned off her cell phone and looked up, her heart stopped when she found out that the brunette was no longer standing there, she turned around on her seat and saw the girl sitting behind her with her knees up and her head buried between them. She ran her hand through her hair and decided to make a move.

"So, Brad Pitt huh" She giggled nervously and hoped that the brunette would said something.

Marissa smiled and lift her head to look at the blonde, she turned to her side and plopped her feet on the seat beside her.

"Yeah, my mom is weird like that" she answered laughing a little.

Alex's smile automatically got wider by hearing the brunette's voice "Meeting Brad Pitt will be so much better than being stuck here…"

"Oh God, yeah" Marissa sighed "Looks like we are going to be here for a while" she said half smiling at the blonde.

Alex shrugged "Well in that case…" She smiled and stretched her hand out to Marissa "I'm Alex Kelly"

The brunette grinned and shook her hand "Marissa Cooper"